GREGOIRE TO BECOME CHAIR OF HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND
INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT

AMES, Iowa -- Mary Gregoire has been appointed as a
professor and chair for the department of Hotel, Restaurant
and Institution Management in the College of Family and
Consumer Sciences effective Aug. 1.

Gregoire comes to Iowa State from Rush-Presbyterian-St.
Luke's Medical Center/Rush University, Chicago, where she
has served as a professor of food service management since
1994. She was also serving as the Associate Director of St.
Luke's Medical Center.

Gregoire is replacing Tom Walsh, who has gone on phased
retirement. Walsh served as head of the department from
1982 to 1997. Donna Cowan served as interim DEO.